Corset-steel



(No Model.)

E. WILSON. CORSET STEEL.

Patented Sept. 19', 1893.

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EXILDA VILSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CORSET-STEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,150, dated September 19, 1893.

Application filed May 2, 1893. Serial No. 472,683. (No model.)

To all whom if may concern:

Be it known that I, EXILDA WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented anew and useful Corset-Steel, of which the following is aspeciflcation.

My invention relates to improvements in corset-steels.

Heretofore considerable difficulty and inconvenience havebeen experienced by wearers of corsets by the sudden snapping of the stud-carrying steels when in the act of putting the corsets on or removing them, or during any straining that the steels might receive during wear.

The objects of my present invention are to strengthen or reinforce the steels so as to avoid the liabilty of the same breaking by ordinary usage, andA at the same time to so reinforce the steels as not to increase to any great extent the cost of manufacture orlabor of lnserting the same; and finally, to so arrange them as to lend comfort to the wearer and avoid any pinching when applying the same to the person.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in certain features of construction hereinafter specied and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings:-Figure 1 is a perspective view of two corset-steels constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being separated. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation fastened. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the two reinforcing steels or strips. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the steels proper in de- Y tail.

the same, and from the strip 4 adjacent to its center extend headed pins or studs 5 which pass through the perforations 3, and thus secure the steels 1 and 4 loosely yet securely together. kThe perforations 3 of the steel l being formed near the inner edge thereof, and the studs being located adjacent to the center of the strip 4 it will be seen that the steel 1 occupies about one-half of the reinforcing strip 4, thus leaving the inner half of said strip projecting beyond that of the steel 1. Arranged in rear of the steel 2 is a reinforcing steel strip 6, and the same opposite the perforations 3 in said steel 2, is provided with headed studs or pins 7, which pass through the perforations. The reinforcing strip 6 is provided at its inner edge with key-hole eyes 3, which engage with the studs 5 of the reinforcing strip 4, and when in such position it will be seen that the strips 2 and 6 overlap the strip 4, so that the space between the two strips is spanned by the broad reinforcing strip 4, whereby pinching ofthe person is avoided and the joint between the steels prevented from becoming uncomfortable to the wearer.

Not only does the arrangement of steelstrips and steels provide for great comfort to the wearer, but the steels are greatly strengthened and prevented from snapping during ordinary circumstances, while at the same time the corset is not rendered too stiff for comfort. By reason of the loose connection between the steels and the reinforcing strips the same are maintained in relative position and prevented from working their Way out of the corset.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- In a corset, the combination with the opposite perforated steels, of the broad reinforcing strip arranged in rear of one of the steels, extepding beyond the inner edge thereof, and having headed studs passing loosely through the perforations of said steel, the opposite reinforcing strip corresponding in width to that steel to which it is applied and having headed studs loosely engaging the perforations of its steel and adapted to overlap the exposed surface of the reinforcmy own I have hereto affixed my signaturein ing strip before mentioned, and eyes projectthe presence of two Witnesses.

ing from the inner edOe thereof and adapted to engage removably zvsvith said headed studs EXILDA WILSON' of the broad reinforcing strip, substantially Witnesses:

as specified. L. SooFInLD, Jr., In testimony that I claim the foregoing as D. S. DONOHUE. 

